Category Archives: reflections

Assignment 5

Posted on 06/05/2013 by otolio

(Extracts from my diary while writing this piece) I’ve been working with several ideas and listening to some popular songs that used a variety of chords. So what did I start with? I went back to two pieces I’ve always … Continue reading →

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More (side) listenings

Posted on 21/01/2013 by otolio

Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame I thought it sounded definitely medieval, and many of the features don’t much the modern ear well, like the cadence of a C# min chord (C#-E-G#) leading to an interval D-A, or an … Continue reading →

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Drum concert & workshop

Posted on 21/12/2012 by otolio

Date: December 15th, 2012 Percussionist: Yngo Guttmann Place: Asisi exhibition center, Panometer (Leipzig) Context: Exhibition on the Amazon basin I was there with some friends, who told me the instruments played were bongos. There was a variety of them though, … Continue reading →

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Changing Assignment 3

Posted on 20/12/2012 by otolio

I must agree with my tutor that it was not a good idea to start with all voices at once, as the listener can get easily or totally lost. I made the same mistake when I was composing other pieces … Continue reading →

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Sleepless evening and unfinished woodwind

Posted on 20/11/2012 by otolio

I was angry. I couldn’t sleep. My head got suddenly filled with Susan Boyle singing “You have to be there” and I had to get up and go to the piano to play. Then I took the exaphonic scale and … Continue reading →

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Shortly on cryptography

Posted on 17/11/2012 by otolio

After visiting a concert in my city (posted about here), I was reading on the web about Ravel. Something call my attention: his Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn, or Minuet on the name of Haydn. As it sounded, it included … Continue reading →

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Concert Nov 15th 2012

Posted on 17/11/2012 by otolio

I tried to bring some students to this one and I ended up with six colleagues instead! I hoped not to cry this time, and I found I was closer to laughter. At the end I include some final thoughts … Continue reading →

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Short listening log – catches

Posted on 08/11/2012 by otolio

I finally found Purcell’s catches on the net! Thanks to my tutor, who gave me some hints (I wasn’t being very successful on my own). And seriously, next time someone tells me classical music is boring, I’ll pass him a … Continue reading →

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Concert Nov 1st 2012

Posted on 07/11/2012 by otolio

My friend Martina Pickering and I went to an All Saints concert, topicked on the date and with the following: Program Haydn, Symphony No. 44 “Mourning” Barber, Adagio for Strings, op. 11 Březina, Requiem aeternam Symphony No. 44 I was … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Assignment 2

Posted on 05/11/2012 by otolio

My tutor, Patric Standford, asked me whether I could double the duration of my Assignment 2 while keeping it concise, or as a compositional whole. I had some ideas already while working on it, namely, I would definitely add some … Continue reading →

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